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i `UNIT-EE STATES FRED PAUL GEOssCUP, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, AssICNOE TO THE COLUMBUs HAY TOOL COMPANY, OF sAME PLACE.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 293,451, dated February 12, 1884'.

` Application filed November 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whomJ it may concern:

Be it known that I, FEED PAUL GEOssCUP, of Columbus, in the county of Franklinand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My' invention is an improvement in the tracks of a hay-carrier and in the supporting devices therefor. The object of it is to produce a track which can be readily put up by` persons who are not 'skilled workmen, and without the aid of a blacksmith; and, further, my object is to simplify and cheapen the construction, while securing for itsuitable strength and adaptation to the purpose.

My invent-ion consists of an improved bracket; of an improved rail combined with the bracket, and in means for connecting the rail to the bracket.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a side elevation of the rail and bracket. Fig. 2 shows a cross-section of the 4same with the bracket in side elevation. Fig. 3 illustrates a modified form of the rails.

f In these drawings, c represents the bracket, `which is made, preferably, of malleable castiron. In the central upper part is a hole'to admit the lower end of the suspended rod b, to which it is connected by a nut, 1. The upper part of the rod is formed with a hook, or any other convenient means for attaching it to the ridge-pole, or any convenient part of the building. The lower ends of the bracket are bent inward to form supporting-arms 2,2, on the inner extremities of which are small.. lips 3 3. It is desirable tomake the brackets as light as possible, to save metal and to avoid Weight in handling and transporting. The tendency of the bracket under strain is -to bend in the upper part, which causes the lower parts to draw inward. In order to guard against this without increasing too much the thickness of the upper part, I provide a cross- 4 5 brace, 4, which I have found sufcieunt to sustain the strain.

The rails shown in Fig. 2 are made in form of angle-iron. They may be rolled into this form out of sheet metal oi' from ve-sixteenths ltion, as shown in Fig. 1.

to three eighths of an inch in thickness. 5o These are placed, as shown in Fig. 2, with the angle uppermost, resting with their lower edges upon the bracket.' One edge of the rail projects under the lips 3, and the other is held down by means of the clamps 5, bolted to the arm 2, and in this Waythe rails are held securely to the arms of the bracket.

Instead of filing underneath to let the rail drop down over the arm of the bracket, I may file on one edge of the rail and set the clamp 6o into the holder with the same effect. This is the preferable mode, when the rounded form of rail shown inl Fig. 3 is used, as it would-` then require too much `ling to make the notch underneath. The wheels of the carrier C are grooved to conform to the shape of the rails. The carrier being suspended from the axle of the wheels, the supporting rods or straps of the carrier run between the arms of the bracket. modiiied-as, for example, to that shown in cross-section in Fig. 3 at d d. It is convenient to make these rails in sections of rive or ten feet in length. i

In order to hold the ends of the section together without the necessity of punching holes,

I have provided a form of bracket shown at c in Fig. 1. This is divided into two prongs or branches, 7 7, each branch having the arms 2 2 of the form shown in Fig. 2, and each bef, 8O ing-adapted to support one end of a rail-sec- In order to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail-sections upon this bracket, it is necessary only to iile a notch, as shown at 8 in Fig. 1, so that when 85A the rail-section is placed upon the bracket the notched end will fit over the arm of the brack- ,W et, and thus prevent longitudinal movement thereupon.

The iiling can be done by any unskilled per- 9o son when the track is put up. As the bracket is swiveled upon the rod, it is free to adj ust itself upon the rails Without the attention of the workman.

I do not limit myself to the precise form of 9 5 n bracket, as it maybe of any suitable configuration without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The form of the rails may be 7o I claim as my inventi'onl arms 7 7, adapted to receive the ends of the 1. The suspended bracket having,` inwardlyrail-section, substantially as described. 15 projecting arms with a space between the in- 5. A suspended bracket adapted to receive ner ends for the passage of the carrier-supand support the rails of the track and notched 5 ports, in combination With the rails secured rails held to said bracket, substantially as deupon, said ends, substantially as described. scribed.

'2. The suspended bracket c, having arms In testimony whereof Iliave signed my name 2o 2 2, lips 3 3, and clamps 5 5, in combination with the rails a, substantially as described. scribing Witnesses.

1o 3. The suspended bracket 0,]1aving thearms FRED PAUL GROSSCUP.

2 2, carrying the rails, and a cross-brace, 4, Vitnesses: substantially as described. L. W. SEELY,

4. A suspended bracket having divided Y XV. C. DUVALL.

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